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Federal Prohibition Agent William Edwin Collins | United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government

Federal Prohibition Agent

William Edwin Collins

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government

End of Watch: Friday, March 6, 1925

Bio & Incident Details

Age: Not available

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Location: Louisiana

Incident Date: 3/6/1925

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Convicted of murder

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Federal Prohibition Agent Williams Collins and Deputy Sheriff Samuel Duhon, of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, were shot and killed in an ambush while en route to a liquor raid.

Other agents began searching for the two men when they failed to show up for the raid. Their bodies were found the following day riddled with bullets, in the back seat of their vehicle in a cemetery near Starks, Louisiana.

Two brothers were arrested and convicted of both murders.

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Deputy Sheriff Samuel E. Duhon
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana
End of Watch: Friday, March 6, 1925
Cause: Gunfire

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YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

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MANCHESTER, NH
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